{"product_id":"9783642811531","title":"The Apallic Syndrome","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Apallic Syndrome\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRothemund, E.; Dalle Ore, G.; Gerstenbrand, F.; Lücking, C. H.; Peters, G.; Peters, U. H.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe subject of the apallic syndrome is one which has long been familiar to me, although I have not personally studied it as deeply as I would have wished. I became acquainted with this syndrome long before the last war, when my neurosurgical colleague Hugh Cairns (1952), made his pioneer contribution under the term \"akinetic mutism\" . This was an ar­ resting title, but it was one which did not altogether satisfy some of his colleagues, includ­ ing myself. We found it difficult to suggest an alternative. That is one reason why I wel­ come the expression \"apallic syndrome\" . Forensic practice has forced me from time to time to consider rather more deeply this distressing syndrome, and to try and marshal my ideas in a form which would satisfy my colleagues in the legal profession. More than once I have been instructed to make a medico­ legal assessment of these unfortunate patients. The points which have concerned my lawyer friends have not been matters of diagnosis, or of morbid anatomy, or of etiology. The fac­ tual problem which has been put before me was to make some approximate assessment as to the expectation of life. Vague guess-work is unacceptable in such circumstances. What the lawyers require is a precise and dogmatic answer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-01-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783642811531\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-642-81151-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 244.0cm x170.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 259.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450573320332,"sku":"9783642811531","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783642811531_5e984445-806d-44c3-bfe2-a639096e6586.jpg?v=1756926616","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783642811531","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}